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thanks for being with us today. the first week of spring has come in with a bang, hitting some big chunks of the country, with everything from tornados to even heavy snow. >> in fact, one twister touched down in northern california last night. it damaged a half-dozen homes along a path that stretched at least a mile long. as the state braces for more nasty weather, cleanup continues in the east, after severe storms rip through pennsylvania. we get the latest from brad wheelis. >> reporter: neighborhoods in suburban pittsburgh were blown apart by a powerful tornado. at least 40 homes and a school in hempfield were damaged, moments after last night's funnel cloud sighting. >> i was scared to death. with my wife and kids. we were just scared to death. >> reporter: a similar scene of destruction in nebraska and iowa. >> all you could see was debris flying around. >> reporter: the twisters hit rural areas between omaha and sioux city. >> the garage just went boom. >> reporter: property owners wasted no time rebuilding. f
thanks for being with us today. the first week of spring has come in with a bang, hitting some big chunks of the country, with everything from tornados to even heavy snow. >> in fact, one twister touched down in northern california last night. it damaged a half-dozen homes along a path that stretched at least a mile long. as the state braces for more nasty weather, cleanup continues in the east, after severe storms rip through pennsylvania. we get the latest from brad wheelis. >>...
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she is live for us in washington. good morning, emily. >> reporter: rob and peggy, good morning to you. this is the first time we've seen moammar gadhafi since the no-fly zone enforcement began. and if he is worried about war planes over his country, he didn't show it. anti-aircraft fire in tripoli lit up the libyan capital for a fourth night. while moammar gadhafi made his first appearance in a week. libyan tv broadcast what it said was a live speech outside gadhafi's compound. he said, in the short term, we'll beat them. in the long term, we'll beat them. president obama wrapping up a south american tour, said the no-fly zone enforcement is working. >> we're going to be in the process, now, having eliminated his air defenses, of being able to bring the international coalition in. >> reporter: the u.s. cost of combat became clear yesterday when the pentagon said to a mechanical problem downed this f-15 fighter jet east of benghazi. the two crew members were safely rescued. in a nearby hospital, a doctor said he welco
she is live for us in washington. good morning, emily. >> reporter: rob and peggy, good morning to you. this is the first time we've seen moammar gadhafi since the no-fly zone enforcement began. and if he is worried about war planes over his country, he didn't show it. anti-aircraft fire in tripoli lit up the libyan capital for a fourth night. while moammar gadhafi made his first appearance in a week. libyan tv broadcast what it said was a live speech outside gadhafi's compound. he said,...
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thanks for being with us today. there is a major change in command in enforcing that no-fly zone over libya. libya -- nato has agreed to take charge of those operations. >> and the changeover from u.s. hands could take place as early as tomorrow. emily schmidt is joining us now from washington with the latest details. >> reporter: the u.s. has been cutting back on its role in this no-fly zone enforcement. in fact, just yesterday, the pentagon said 75% of the combat missions are now flown by the coalition partners. soon, this transition is going to be official. the no-fly zone over libya that has international support is now getting international enforcement. >> nato allies have now decided to enforce the no-fly zone over libya. >> reporter: the announcement made late yesterday, means the u.s. plans to hand over command and control of the no-fly zone by this weekend. and the united arab emirates is now on board. >> we welcome this important step. it underscores both the breadth of this international coalition and the
thanks for being with us today. there is a major change in command in enforcing that no-fly zone over libya. libya -- nato has agreed to take charge of those operations. >> and the changeover from u.s. hands could take place as early as tomorrow. emily schmidt is joining us now from washington with the latest details. >> reporter: the u.s. has been cutting back on its role in this no-fly zone enforcement. in fact, just yesterday, the pentagon said 75% of the combat missions are now...
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thanks for being with us today. president obama takes his case for military action against libya on the road today. it will be part of a major speech that mr. obama gives later today. >> right here in new york. >> and last night, the president spoke to the nation to defend his choices and also to announce that nato will take over the lead role tomorrow. emily schmidt is joining us from washington with all the details. good morning, emily. >> reporter: peggy and rob, good morning to you. before president obama used the word libya last night, he said the words international effort. and he said the world had had a responsibility to act. president obama, explaining the u.s. involvement in libya, said it was the right thing to do. >> the united states and the world faced a choice. gadhafi declared he would show no mercy to his own people. it was not in our national interest to let that happen. i refused to let that happen. >> reporter: mr. obama said in ten days, the coalition stopped moammar gadhafi's advance, doing so
thanks for being with us today. president obama takes his case for military action against libya on the road today. it will be part of a major speech that mr. obama gives later today. >> right here in new york. >> and last night, the president spoke to the nation to defend his choices and also to announce that nato will take over the lead role tomorrow. emily schmidt is joining us from washington with all the details. good morning, emily. >> reporter: peggy and rob, good...
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would you ever use those? >> translator: it's not reasonable that any such man would use any kind of weapon. >> reporter: the u.n. ambassador to the united nations says gadhafi is disconnected from reality. >> it sounds, just frankly, delusional. >> reporter: the u.s. department has frozen 30 billion in libyan government assets. and u.s. naval air forces are moving closer to the country. >> gadhafi has lost the legitimacy to govern. and it's time for him to go without further violence or delay. >> reporter: it's too dangerous to asset the need in libya. the next-best option is delivering the first medicine and food to neighboring tunisia, to help refugees who have crossed the border. moammar gadhafi says he's been betrayed by the united states. he says president obama has been misinformed. rob and peggy? >> it seems like a tale of two countries, depending on which side folks are in. >> reporter: when you look at some parts of libya, where anti-government protesters had taken control, we're seeing some shortage
would you ever use those? >> translator: it's not reasonable that any such man would use any kind of weapon. >> reporter: the u.n. ambassador to the united nations says gadhafi is disconnected from reality. >> it sounds, just frankly, delusional. >> reporter: the u.s. department has frozen 30 billion in libyan government assets. and u.s. naval air forces are moving closer to the country. >> gadhafi has lost the legitimacy to govern. and it's time for him to go...